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G. F. PATTERSON.

Stock Car.

No. 233,369. Patented Oct. 19,1880.

g E I D 6 N U 5 R E T Tl A B E E N-PErF-RS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPIIEI. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. PATTERSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,369, dated October 19, 1880.

Application filed July 21, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE F. PATTERSON, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Oars; and I hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of that part of the car to which my present invention relates. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 00 m of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the upper portion of the door and its attachments.

My invention relates in particular to railway-cars for the transportation of live stock, although the same is equally applicable to ordinary side-door freight-cars, as will be evident from the description hereinafter given of the door. As stated, however, my invention has especial reference to stock-cars, and is in the nature of an improvement upon that for which Letters Patent were granted me March 16,- 1880, and numbered 225,486.

As conducive to a clear understanding of the exact nature of my present improvement, as well as to obviate the necessity of referring to the said Letters Patent, a brief description of my patented car may be here given. In it the doors and sides of the car are provided with lateral openings, extending throughout the length of the car, and at a height above the floor to bring them opposite the muzzles of the animals. These openings are covered by vertically-adj ustable slats, and troughs and racks for water, hay, and fodder are adapted to be secured in front of the openings. At the various water-stations frame-works are erected, which are provided with vertically and laterallyadjustable troughs, arranged to be brought opposite the openings and supply the stock with water.

In the practical operation of my patented car two minor difficulties have been encountered, which it is the design of my present invention to obviate. The one arose from the fact that,. as the openings were not adapted to be uncovered simultaneously, the cattle would crowd and push to get at the first trough in view, and were liable to injure each other, and the other was due to the fact that the door, sliding on the outside of the car, prevented the trough from being brought as near the side of the car as is desirable.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a car (No model.)

in which the openings are simultaneously uncovered by the operation of a crank and windlass, and the door normally rests flush with the sides of the car, while being so arranged as to slide laterally when desired. This latter feature is obviously not confined in its applicability to stock-cars.

A is the car having lateral openings normally covered by slats B B B. These are arranged to be lifted by means of chains F, which are led over pulleys at the top of the car to drumsf, mounted on a shaft, f, which runs centrally under the roof of the car, and is turned by means of a crank, G, having a ratchet-and-pawl attachment, z, to sustain the slats when raised. The slats are provided with books or pins for holding them down in transit, and preventing the cattle from lifting them with their muzzles. It will be readily understood that upon removing these pins and turning the crank G the openings are simultaneously uncovered.

The door 0 is suspended from a bar, E, by means of books D D, which are hinged at e to the straps d, that are bolted to the door, as shown.

A pair of bars, 0 0, cross the door, and are provided with holes in their ends, through which eyebolts c on the door-jambs pass, and are secured by pins or looks. On removing these pins the door swings outward clear of the side of the car, and may be slid along on the bar E.

It is clear that the bar may be located on the inside of the car and the door be made to slide inside; but the described construction, especially upon stock-cars, is to be preferred for obvious reasons.

What I claim is- 1. A car having a laterally-sliding door sus- 5 pended by means of hooks hinged at c, and arranged, as described, to swing flush with the side of the car, as set forth.

2. Acar having a bar above the lateral opening, upon which bar the door is suspended by I00 means of hooks hinged at c, as set forth.

3. The combination of the car-body having the external supporting-bar with the sliding door suspended from hinged clips, as described, and having projecting straps or bars 10 5 c, as set forth.

GEO. F. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

R. D. WILLIAMS, W. A. BERTRAM. 

